Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Williams, Hill County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Williams registered to vote in Hill County on August 6, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 2 of them in Hill County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hill County registered 159 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Joseph Williams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Williams
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- Towash
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Hill County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Hill County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsJoseph Williams reported 10 years more in Texas than in Hill County.
Other freedmen named Williams in Hill County
- Albert Williamsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
- Edward Williamsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1854
Williamses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Williams
- Williamson 30
- William 16
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 6 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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